New trends in the system of social rating and information security of China in the face of escalation of epidemiological situation. E.A. RAZUMOV

Abstract

New trends in the system of social rating and information security of China in the face of escalation of epidemiological situation. E.A. RAZUMOV (Institute of History, Archaeology and Ethnology of the Peoples of the Far East, FEB RAS, Vladivostok).

The article provides an analysis of the measures taken by the government of the People’s Republic of China to strengthen the social credit system and cybersecurity in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The author concluded that the Chinese leadership active attempts to introduce high technologies and artificial intelligence into the ordinary life of citizens did not work when local authorities needed to identify people who came into contact with infected with the coronavirus Author noted that in the event of such non-standard situations as a pandemic of coronavirus infection, the Chinese system of social credit and cybersecurity can give a noticeable failure. At the same time, the author noted that the coronavirus pandemic has greatly accelerated the development of internet commerce and telemedicine.